Chief Chitanda calls for teachers’ support towards re-entry policy

Chief Chitanda of Chibombo district has called for increased support from teachers towards the school re-entry policy.

Speaking through his advisor Yuka Kaputula, Chief Chitanda says teachers especially in his chiefdom offer little support to pupils who get back in school after getting pregnancy or being withdrawn from marriages.

The traditional leader has notes that teachers are the major source of encouragement to pupils who have the courage to get back in school after being withdrawn from marriage or getting pregnant.

Chief Chitanda has disclosed that over 60 girls in his chiefdom has been retrieved from early marriages.